List of environmental ministries
An environmental ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for the environment and/or natural resources. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of the Environment, Department of the Environment, Department for the Environment, Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Natural Resources, and so forth. Such agencies typically address environmental concerns such as the maintenance of environmental quality, nature preserves, the sustained use of natural resources, and prevention of pollution or contamination of the natural environment. Following is a list of environmental ministries by country:
Algeria
- Ministry of Agriculture
- Ministry of Energy and Mining
- Ministry of Water Resources and Environment
Australia
- National
- States
- Department for Environment and Water (South Australia)
- Department of Energy and Water Supply (Queensland)
- Department of Environment and Conservation (Western Australia)
- Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (Queensland)
- Department of Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts (Tasmania)
- Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment (Tasmania)
- Office of Environment and Heritage (New South Wales)
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Brazil
Bulgaria
- Ministry of Environment and Water[1]
Cambodia
Canada
- National
- Provincial
- Department of Environment and Local Government (New Brunswick)
- Manitoba Conservation
- Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
- Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
- Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (Quebec)
- Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment, and Fight Against Climate Change
China, People's Republic of
Mainland China
- Ministry of Ecology and Environment
- formerly Ministry of Environmental Protection (2008–2018)
- Ministry of Natural Resources
- State Forestry and Grassland Administration (aka National Park Administration)
Hong Kong
Macau
- Secretariat for Transport and Public Works
- Environmental Protection Bureau (Macau)
Croatia
Cuba
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism
Denmark
Egypt
El Salvador
- Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
- Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUB)
- Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMEL)
- Umweltbundesamt (UBA) — the German Environment Agency, which provides scientific support to several related ministries
Greece
Guatemala
- Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources
Honduras
- Secretariat of Energy, Natural Resources, Environment and Mines
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
Luxembourg
- Department of Environment
Malaysia
Mexico
Myanmar
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Nigeria
- National
- Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
- Federal Ministry of Environment
- States
Norway
Pakistan
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Singapore
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
- Ministry of Agrarian Services and Wildlife
- Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment
Sweden
- Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications
- Ministry of the Environment
- Swedish Chemicals Agency
Switzerland
Republic of China (Taiwan)
Tanzania
Thailand
Turkey
- Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources
- Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation
- Ministry of Forest and Water Management
Ukraine
United Kingdom
England
- Environment Agency (protection and regulation)
- Historic England (monuments and buildings)
- Natural England (conservation)
Northern Ireland
- Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
- Northern Ireland Environment Agency (protection, conservation, and monuments and buildings)
- Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland), dissolved 2016
Scotland
- Historic Environment Scotland (monuments and buildings)
- Scottish Environment Protection Agency (protection and regulation)
- Scottish Natural Heritage (conservation)
Wales
- Cadw (monuments and buildings)
- Natural Resources Wales (environmental protection and conservation)
United States
- National
- Council on Environmental Quality
- United States Department of Agriculture
- United States Department of Defense
- United States Department of Energy
- United States Department of the Interior
- United States Environmental Protection Agency
- State
- Territory
Uruguay
Venezuela
See also
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References
- ↑ Ministry of Environment and Water (Bulgaria). Accessed: 17 November 2014.
- ↑ Ministry of Environment, Egypt
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